6 gear Graphite off CL

[scr8p]

I grabbed this off of CL.

[KidAgain]

What a score bud, plans?

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

Damn! Nice score! It would list for $250 here...

[XLR8]

Awesome find!! It's incredible how some people practically give their stuff away.
Those mint green ball cups show it's had some attention recently.
If it were mine, I'd spend a little time cleaning it (although it doesn't need much) and probably flip it on ebay.

[mikea96]

If you look close those are half hex ball cups they aren't re-re green ones.

[scr8p]

Yeah, it's all 1990. Except the rear wheels and tires.

[DennisM]

Nice catch.
Is it going to end up with a truck front bulkhead?

[scr8p]

Nice catch.
Is it going to end up with a truck front bulkhead?

I thought about narrowing the kick-up for a truck bulkhead. But Worlds or Dynotech arms with a 6 gear doesn't seem right to me.

Gotta figure out exactly what I want to do with it first. I'll tear it down, clean everything, and go from there. I should be able to CA an clamp the nose and it look alright from the top. Put a bumper on it and you wouldn't see the bottom. But we'll see.

I dug out an old Futaba magnum jr. radio and got the electronics all set up. Charged up a nicad pack and took it outside to rip around a bit. Runs pretty good.

[ChisaiKuso]

Other than the chassis damage that can be mostly repaired, that is a great looking car. Congratulations!

Why can I never find deals like this on craigslist?

[scr8p]

Other than the chassis damage that can be mostly repaired, that is a great looking car. Congratulations!

Why can I never find deals like this on craigslist?

I usually don't either. This is only the second car I've got from CL.

Yeah, it really is in nice shape. No extra holes in the chassis is a plus. And besides the rear arm mounts being on the wrong sides, it's built very well. No real plier marks on the ball cups... stuff like that.

[XLR8]

Every Graphite I've seen with any miles on it has the chassis de-laminating at the front (including my own). I guess it's possible for every one of them to have been driven into fence posts but it seems odd. Was it also common for them to de-laminate from normal track use?

[scr8p]

I think a lot of it is because the front edge is not squared off. It's cut at 90* to the ground.

[fab20VT]

This is a great car! Real bargain... A good basis of work

[RCveteran]

Nice work, craigslist by me rarely turns up bargains, full of over priced junk or full retail new stuff.

[scr8p]

I tore the car down the other day. Glued up the damaged corner and clamped it in the vice until it dried. the following day I trimmed about an 1/8" of the front edge to clean it up.







Doing a light resto on this. Not getting crazy with it. But, I am gonna beef up the electronics a bit. It will retain the Novak T4. The Futaba receiver will be replaced by a Novak ner-2s. The Futaba s28 servo will be replaced by an s131s, and the stock motor will be replaced by a Revtech 15t mod.